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What does wax and wane mean?

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Verb
  1. To progress through phases.
  2. Alternating.
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Records kept for more than two centuries show that sunspots wax and wane in number and extent twice in about every 23 years on the average.
According to the seasons, the polar caps on Mars wax and wane, as breathtaking a sight, in the course of the Martian year, as it is on Mother Earth.
Moreover, 'mobs' need to be defined situationally, as they wax and wane in size depending on the occasion.
Because the symptoms of fibromyalgia wax and wane, treatment is an ongoing process rather than management of a single episode.
Even so, Al-Qaeda's influence will likely still eventually wax and wane as other groups have done before it.
Remember, these diseases can wax and wane with time, and if in a nonactive state, treatment may not be helpful, and only result in side effects.

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